XYZ News can confirm that the Supreme Court has summoned two leading members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for making contemptuous statements.
NPP General Secretary Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as “Sir John”, and Hopeson Adorye, a member of the youth wing of the opposition party, Young Patriots, are expected to appear in court on August 14 to prove why they should not be committed to court for scandalizing the court.
Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie is reported to have described the President of the nine-member-panel of the Supreme Court, Justice William Atuguba, describing him as bias and treating the lead Counsel of the NDC, Tsatsu Tsikata, with kid gloves.
He is also reported to have incited hatred and ill motive on the first and third respondents in the ongoing election petition case.
In the summons, the Supreme Court stated that Sir John must defend himself for
Source: GhanaWeb
